Basin-support.



No. 639,066. Patented Dec. l2, I899. W. H. LLOYD.

BASIN SUPPORT.

(Application filed .nm, 23, 1699.

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Patented Dec. l2, I899.

W. H. LLOYD.

BASIN SUPPORT.

(Application filed Jan. 23, 1899.)

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\VILLIAM H. LLOYD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. L. MOTTIRON WORKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BASIN-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 639,066, datedDecember 12, 1899.

Application filed January 23, 1899, Serial No. 703,033. (No model.) i

To all w/umt it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. LLOYD, a citizen of the United States,residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented an Improvement in Basin-Supports, of which the followingis a specification.

Onyx and other valuable mineral substances have been used as slabs forwashbasins, and it has been usual to support the basin by fastening itto the under side of the slab; but many of the valuable mineralsubstances are not sufficiently strong to form a basin-support, and theyare liable to be cracked and injured in attaching the basin to them.

The present invention relates to a metallic frame into which the basinis received and secured, and this frame supports the mineral slab, andthe frame is supported by legs at the front and a connection to the wallat the back. I also provide an ornamental metallic frame having itsconnections at the faucets and extending above the slab to a suitableheight for the reception of a shelf, so that this shelf is independentof any support to the wall, and hence the slab and basin are the onlyparts that have to be supported by the floor and wall, respectively, andthe slab can easily be separated from the other parts for cleansing orin case the purchaser desires to have a different slab, the slabs ofcourse being interchangeable.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view representing the frame andparts connected therewith, the slab being removed and its positionindicated by dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section at the line2 2 of Fig. 1, the basin and slab being in place.

The basin A is of any desired size or shape. I have represented theparts as adapted to an elliptical basin. The metal ring B is of a 'sizeand shape to receive the basin A, and its upper surface is made with arecess, shoulder, or offset, as represented at 3, so that the flange ofthe basin may rest in this offset and below the top surface of the ring,so that such top surface of the ring will be fiat and adapted to receiveupon it the slab O, of onyx or other suitable mineral substance, and inthis slab is an opening corresponding to the top of the basin and alsoopenings for the faucets or for the connections to the stems of thevalves. I have represented at 4 the openings forthe stems of thefaucets, and at K, Fig. 2, part of the pipe of one of the faucets isrepresented as below the slab, with the handle 5 for the valve-stemabove the slab, and at 6 an opening is represented for theoverflow-waterway, around which there may be a mixing-chamber extendingto a bib. These fittings for the water connections may be of any desiredcharacter; but in Patent No. 449,880 water supply and overflow fittingsare represented of a character corresponding generally to those hereinrepresented partially. Beneath the front portion of the ring and one ateach side are legs E, which should be of metal with plated surfaces, andthere are horizontal bars F, preferably tubular, extending from the legsto the wall-plates 7, the parts being screwed together or otherwiseconnected, and the plates 7 have holes through them for the reception ofscrews, by which the plates are to be connected to the Wall-slab G orotliersuitable support.

The short legs H extend from the ring B to the horizontal bars F, andthese short legs II are at the back portions of the ring B and in thesame vertical plane as the legs E, so that the ring B is firmlysupported upon the floor by the legs E and against the Wall by the barsF and short legs H, and the frame formed of the legs E, bars F,shortlegs II, and ring B is to be complete in itself, the parts being rigidlyconnected, and hence in setting up the basin it is only necessary tobring the frame into the proper position and to make holes in the floorfor the reception of the lower ends of the legs E, so that they will notbe liable to slip on the floor, and then to connect the wall-plates 7permanently in position, and then thebasin A can be set into the ringand the slab laid in position.

, Thehot-water pipe I and the cold-Water pipe K, of any desiredcharacter, usually pass up through the floor, and the cocks or valvesupon the same are of ordinary character, as before indicated, and eitherthe water-pipes or the stems for the valves extend through the slab, sothat the handles are easy of access above the slab, as indicated at 5,and I ,find it'oon'venient to employ the ring-plates L, having holesthrough them for the passage of the Water-pipes or the faucetconnections, so that in connecting the faucets in position thesering-plates L may be securely attached, and where these ring-plates comeabove the slab they should be plated or otherwise ornamented; but whenthey come below the slab, as illustrated in the drawings, they maysimply be japanned or painted. From these ringplates L the standards Mextend upwardly and terminate with T-heads, forming shelfbearings, andthe shelf is represented at O, which of course should be of similarmaterial to the slab O, and this shelf is advantageously simply laidupon the bearings 9 and may be lifted off for washing or otherwisecleaning, and the shape of the ring-plates, standards, andshelf-bearings is to be such that when they are connected they will bein the proper position in relation to the slab or Wall G to receive theshelf upon the bearings.

I claim as my invention- 1. A basin and slab support formed of the ringhaving an offset adapted to receive the flange of the basin so that theupper surface of the ring is fiat and adapted to receive the slab, legsbelow the ring and at the front part thereof, horizontal bars connectedto and extending rearward from the legs and wallplates at the end of thebars adapted to be connected to the wall or vertical slab, short legsextending from the bars to the ring at the back portion, the parts beingpermanently connected to form a frame adapted to receive the basin andslab, substantiallyas set forth.

2. Standards having at their upper ends shelf-bearings and at the lowerends ringplates, in combination with the basin and faucets, thering-plates being connected by the parts that secure the faucets to theslab, and a shelf upon the bearings of the standa'rds, substantially asset forth.

3. The combination with the basin and its flange, of a ring adapted toreceive Within it the basin, and recessed for the flange of said basin,and legs for supporting such ring, horizontal bars and connectionsforming with the legs a frame for supporting the basin from the floorand wall, and short legs extending down below and permanently connectedwith the metallic ring, substantially as set forth.

4. Theeombination with the slab, basin, supporting-ring, and legs, ofring-plates having openings through them for the faucet connections, andstandards with T-heads forming the shelf-bearin gs, such standardsextending down below the slab and terminating in the ring-plates,substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 18th day of January, 189.).

WM. H. LLOYD.

Witnesses:

MAX GoEBEL, LEMUEL W. SERRELL.

